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the vein or the distance between the posterior fork and the mid 

 cross-vein; the two latter distances nearly equal; the posterior 

 fork nearer the base of the wing than the fork of the fourth 

 vein. 



Genitalia. — ( 2 ) The superior appendage long and narrow, 

 somewhat curved ; the inferior appendage less than half as long, 

 straight. {&) The inferior appendage club-shaped, distinctly 

 elbowed, about as long as the basal joint of the superior append- 

 age, bearing (in addition to slender bristles) several chitinous 

 spines at the tip and on the ventral surface. Intermediate 

 appendage short, blunt, with the ventral lobe represented by a 

 short process on its ventral margin. The superior appendage w4th 

 the basal joint stout, about twice as long as the distal joint, which 

 bears four pointed equal or subequal chsetge ; the chaetse rather 

 longer than the joint, situated two at the tip and two a short 

 distance from it. 



This species is the smallest with which I am acquainted. It 

 is frequently found together with P. argentipes, from which it is 

 easily distinguished by its smaller size, narrower wings and 

 uniform grey colour ; I have taken it also with P. malabaricus. In 

 habits it resembles P. argentipes, than which it appears to be some- 

 what more common. 



Distribution. — Probably all over the plains of India. I have 

 examined specimens from Rawalpindi (C. W. Mason, vSeptember) ; 

 from Allahabad (.4. D. Imms, October) ; from Rajmahal on the 

 Ganges (July) ; from Asansol (February, Paiva) ; from Purneah and 

 Pusa (Howlett) in Northern Bengal ; Calcutta (all times of year) and 

 Port Canning, Lower Bengal ; Puri, Orissa ; Rambha in the north- 

 east of Madras (March); Trivandrum, Pallode and Maddathorai, 

 Travancore (November), and Igatpuri in the Western Ghats, 

 Bombay (November). 



Phlebotomus himalayensis, sp. nov. (PI. iv, fig. 2, wing, and pi. vi, 

 fig. 7, male genitalia.) 



Size. — Total length 2-2-5 mm. Length of wing i"5 mm. ; 

 greatest breadth of wing 0'4 mm. 



Colour. — Yellowish grey with the usual silvery lights ; the dor- 

 sum of the thorax slightly darker than the sides. 



Head. — Rostrum rounded at the tip, stout and elongated. 

 Antennae normal, with two circles of flat scales and one of flattened 

 hairs on the second joint of scape. Palpi with five joints ; the 

 fifth the longest. 



Thorax and abdomen as in P. babu. 



Wing narrow, obtusely pointed, the posterior margin slightly 

 more strongly arched than the anterior ; the anterior branch 

 of the second longitudinal vein not much shorter than the second 

 branch, at least four times as long as the distance between the two 

 forks, which is about half as long as that between the posterior 

 fork and the mid cross-vein ; the posterior fork and the fork of 



